With the NBA season inside-your-jersey close, The Crossover asked its writers to give their awards predictions for the 2017–18 season.
The MVP races features some familiar faces (hello, LeBron and Steph), but there’s plenty of new names also in the running for awards this season. Can Rudy Gobert take home his first Defensive Player of the Year title? Will one of the Clippers’ many new guards win Sixth Man of the Year? And will Dennis Smith Jr. steal the spotlight from Lonzo Ball and Ben Simmons and claim top rookie honors?
We asked our writers to predict who will take home the hardware.